CIRCA: 2014
CASE MATERIAL: 18k pink gold
DIAMETER: 45 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Black CROCODILE leather strap
DIAL: Skeletonized with characteristic three bridge formation
MOVEMENT: Cal. GP-9400, automatic
FUNCTIONS: Tourbillon
BUCKLE: 18k pink gold Girard Perregaux deployant clasp
WITH: Undated guarantee, product literature, USB, presentation box and outer packaging.

Ψ This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. Upon sale, this watch will be supplied to the buyer with a black leather strap

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Lot Essay

Girard-Perregaux's first tourbillon movement featuring three gold bridges was patented in 1884 by one of the firm's founders, Constant Girard. This construction is still representative of aesthetic and technical ingenuity. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, his tourbillon with three gold bridges was awarded a gold medal and then declared out of competition, as it was beyond match.

Over 100 years later, in 1986, the firm's R&D department was mandated with the creation of the wristwatch version of the tourbillon with three gold bridges to celebrate Girard-Perregaux's bicentenary in 1991. The challenge of miniaturising the pocket watch movement and to inverse its construction by positioning the gold bridges on the dial side was perfectly mastered and crowned by the launch of the celebrated "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'or" wristwatch.